Bomb Squad competes at World Championships

3:58 PM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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Bulletin Staff

This is the moment the Baxter Bomb Squad FIRST Team 16 has been waiting for this year.

The team is at the world championship, which lasts through Saturday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. This year's challenge is "Ultimate Ascent," in which robots scoop up and toss flying discs to score points.

The team arrived in St. Louis Wednesday night. Since only five people were allowed in the pits, three students and two mentors working on changes left earlier than the team bus, according to an email from Rachel Crow, the team's lead media publicist. ...